I would like to talk about a piece of advice that someone gave me what initially I disagreed with him and later I realized it was really helpful. So the advice was given by my teacher when I am in grade 10. He was our English teacher who used to teach us English and he, he advised me to read English and also try to improve my grammar and speaking skills and also listening skills. What I that time thought mark was everything and I focused on improving my score on exam rather than learning English so that that affected my English skills later. I disagreed because I don’t think English speaking, listening was that important because in this exam in Nepal are based on writing and reading skills. So, I totally skipped listening and speaking that later affected me very badly and I have to spend lot of time to improve that skills later. And that is the reason why I think this will be the great advice that I initially thought was worthless. But later I realized it was the greatest advice which I ever get in my life.
Band 6+: Describe a piece of advice you received that you initially disagreed with but later found helpful. You should say: - Who gave you the advice - What the advice was - Why you disagreed initially And explain why you eventually found it helpful.
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I would like to talk about a piece of advice that someone gave me, which I initially disagreed with, and later I realized it was really helpful. The advice was given by my teacher when I was in grade 10. He was our English teacher who used to teach us English, and he advised me to read English and also try to improve my grammar, speaking skills, and listening skills. At that time, I thought marks were everything, and I focused on improving my score on exams rather than learning English, so that affected my English skills later. I disagreed because I didn't think English speaking and listening were that important, since exams in Nepal are based on writing and reading skills. So, I totally skipped listening and speaking, which later affected me very badly, and I had to spend a lot of time to improve those skills later. And that is the reason why I think this was great advice that I initially thought was worthless. But later I realized it was the greatest advice I ever got in my life.
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